Erika Edwards

The spread of whooping cough has been increasing since the early 2000s. But in 2025, there have been more than 8,000 cases of pertussis, more than twice as 2024.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agency will soon announce autism studies aimed at identifying “environmental toxins” that may be responsible for rising rates in children.

One in 31 children in the United States are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by their 8th birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

One in 31 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by their 8th birthday, the CDC reported Tuesday. Is autism an epidemic?

Another child with measles in Texas has died, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed late Saturday.

Six young children at a Lubbock, Texas, day care center have tested positive for measles — a dreaded scenario with the potential to accelerate an already out-of-control outbreak that has spread to at least two other states.

Six young children at a Texas day care center have tested positive for measles — a dreaded scenario with the potential to accelerate an already out-of-control outbreak.

Public health experts were stunned this week when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and DOGE gutted key groups that had been successful in helping Americans quit smoking.

As Texas measles outbreak continues, federal funding cuts have forced public health officials in Dallas to cancel dozens of vaccination clinics and lay off 21 workers.

Layoffs began widely Tuesday morning at the Department of Health and Human Services as the agency sets out to cut some 10,000 full-time jobs as the Trump administration works to drastically shrink the size of the federal government.

A single dose of an experimental drug dramatically reduced levels of a deadly form of cholesterol, often thought to be untreatable, for up to one year.